“We are looking to launch Loughborough’s own Christmas pudding recipe for Christmas 2013 by asking people to swap their own treasured recipes this year.

“The chef from Swan Street Social will assemble the ingredients for the giant Christmas pudding and at 12.30pm our Mayor, Diane Wise and Ziggy, the Mini-Monsters mascot, will stir the Christmas pudding mixture. It will then open to the general public who can stir and make a wish.”